Kara Bailey was named Amarillo Music Teachers Association Teacher of the Year for 2015. This annual award is bestowed upon an active member who has given service to AMTA and exhibits excellence in teaching.

Come celebrate Amarillo Zoo's amazing pride of lions and see what you can do to help this species. In honor of World Lion Day on Saturday, the zoo will have special activities, crafts and education exhibits from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Competitive runners of all ages are getting set for the third annual Cardinal 5K Trail Run, set for 7:30 a.m. Saturday on the 41 acres surrounding Ascension Academy, which sits just west of the intersection of Southwest 45th Avenue and South Soncy Road.

GULFPORT, Miss. - An Amarillo native and 1995 Alamo Catholic High School graduate is building bridges and roads around the world as a member of the U.S. Navy's Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, based in Gulfport.
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Children need healthy meals to learn. Amarillo Independent School District offers healthy meals every school day. Breakfast costs 90 cents in elementary school and $1 in secondary school; lunch costs $2 in elementary school and $2.25 in secondary school.

Caprock Class of 1975 has confirmed plans for its 40-year class reunion. A hamburger and hot dog cookout with all the fixins will be from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday at Memorial Park. A dinner, DJ, dance and photo booth is planned for 6:30 to 11:30 p.m.

STILLWATER, Okla. - Cody Stavenhagen of Amarillo, a senior sports media major at Oklahoma State University, placed second in the prestigious National Writing Championship, sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's Journalism Awards program.

After school, Erika Munoz's mother would take the 8-year-old to the fields to work alongside the rest of the family picking pumpkins, jalapenos and pecans.
"We still had to plant onions until the sun started going down," she said.

Kids, Inc., in conjunction with Wendy's, is pleased to announce the winners of the Wendy's Sportsmanship Awards from the recently completed spring sports season. Teams receive votes from coaches within their league.

Local businesswoman Trinity Nicole Miller, president of Nicole Miller Marketing, captured the Petite Elite Ms National Queen title at the Today's American Woman National/International Pageant in Greenville, S.C., on June 20.

Before getting behind the wheel or playing varsity tennis, 17-year-old Will Schueler checks his blood sugar to make sure it's not too high or too low.
Schueler was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 15.

Amarillo Citizens for Open Government is holding a community meeting about police brutality and misconduct. It will be at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Black Historical Cultural Center, 901 N. Hayden St. Black, white, brown or Asian, everyone is welcome.

On June 27, Amarillo Parks and Recreation Department held its annual Kids Fishing Derby. Kids from all over town got up bright and early to test their fishing skills at the free event. There were prizes given in several categories.

After four days of play (10 matches), Texas Advantage Volleyball Amarillo 16 Royal came home with the bronze medal. They were undefeated until the last match in the Gold semifinals. The team that defeated them won gold.

Emily Garner was named the 2015 Texas-Louisiana Division of International Association of Administrative Professionals Division Member of the Year at the division's recent annual conference in New Orleans. Garner joined IAAP in November 1996.

State Rep. John Smithee will be the guest speaker July 8 at a lunch meeting sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Interested residents are invited to attend the event starting at 11:30 a.m. at Logan's Roadhouse, 8310 W. Interstate 40.